Legal Facts for Sperm Recipients
If you are thinking about having a baby by sperm donation you can conceive either through a licensed fertility clinic, by home insemination or natural insemination. The laws around parental rights and responsibilities are very different depending on which of these options you choose so make sure you consider your options carefully.
Those considering becoming pregnant by sperm donation are often concerned about who will be classed as the legal parents of the child. If the woman who is giving birth is married then, in most cases, the couple are automatically protected and the partner will be legally classed as a parent.
If you are not married then the woman who is carrying the baby can choose either the sperm donor or the partner to be named on the birth certificate. Depending on how the baby was conceived i.e. through a licensed clinic or home/natural insemination, this person would then become the child’s legal parent.
As a sperm recipient you can choose to conceive either through a licensed fertility clinic, by home insemination or natural insemination. The laws around parental rights and responsibilities are very different depending on which of these options you choose so make sure you consider your options carefully.
3 Simple Legal Facts if you are Using a Sperm Donor:
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If you receive donated sperm through a fertility clinic you will not be classed as the child’s legal father and will not have parental responsibility.
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If you are a a single woman receiving sperm via home insemination it is very likely that your sperm donor will have legal parental responsibility to the child. You can choose either the sperm donor or your partner to be named on the birth certificate.
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If you are a married couple (lesbian or heterosexual) receiving sperm via home insemination there is a chance that your sperm donor could have legal parental responsibility to the child. However in most cases if you are the woman who is giving birth and you are married, you and your partner are automatically protected and your partner will be legally classed as a parent.
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